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Hotmail sync issue fix...

cchili00

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Oct 21, 2010
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Not sure if this has been covered already in another thread, but I wasn't able to find it, so thought I would go ahead and post (I believe this works on other android phones as well).

I did some searching and found a quick fix to the hotmail issue where emails deleted or read on the phone do not update the actual hotmail account when logging in on another computer, as well as the common issue where the phone does not sync emails regularly or consistently.

Apparently hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). All you need to do is:

Open your email app -> (Menu) Accounts -> (Menu) Add account -> enter email address and password & check "Send email from this account by default" -> Manual setup -> Exchange account -> use the following settings:

(Note: fields may be pre-populated, but you will need to modify to align with these settings)

**Updated settings for Froyo**

Domain: Leave blank
Username: myemailaddress@hotmail.com (or @live.com)
Password: **********
Server: m.hotmail.com
Make sure you check both "Use secure connection (SSL)" and "Accept all SSL certificates"

From there it's pretty straight-forward, just complete the remaining settings and you are good to go. You can then delete your old pop account, as you won't be needing it anymore. You may also need to update the shortcut to your email icon.

I have been using this for two days now and have tested several times while at my desktop. The sync has been dead on and is practially instantaneous (i.e. when I delete a message on my phone, it immediately deletes on the desktop as well, and vice versa).

If this is old news, please disregard :D
 
Not sure if this has been covered already in another thread, but I wasn't able to find it, so thought I would go ahead and post (I believe this works on other android phones as well).

I did some searching and found a quick fix to the hotmail issue where emails deleted or read on the phone do not update the actual hotmail account when logging in on another computer, as well as the common issue where the phone does not sync emails regularly or consistently.

Apparently hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). All you need to do is:

Open your email app -> (Menu) Accounts -> (Menu) Add account -> enter email address and password & check "Send email from this account by default" -> Manual setup -> Exchange account -> use the following settings:

(Note: fields with be pre-populated, but you will need to modify to align with these settings)

Domain\Username: \myemailaddress@hotmail.com (or @live.com)
Password: **********
Server: m.hotmail.com
Make sure you check both "Use secure connection (SSL)" and "Accept all SSL certificates"

From there it's pretty straight-forward, just complete the remaining settings and you are good to go. You can then delete your old pop account, as you won't be needing it anymore. You may also need to update the shortcut to your email icon.

I have been using this for two days now and have tested several times while at my desktop. The sync has been dead on and is practially instantaneous (i.e. when I delete a message on my phone, it immediately deletes on the desktop as well, and vice versa).

If this is old news, please disregard :D

I cannot select exchange after I enter it as a hotmail address. The only options available are pop3 and imap. :thinking::(
 
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On another note, for whatever reason, after I installed this most recent OTA update (2.1-update 1), my hotmail exhchange stopped being able to connect to the server and receive new email. I deleted the account and re-setup exactly as instructed above and all is well again, in case anyone has a similar problem.
 
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Awesome! Thank you so much for posting this. You have no idea how annoyed I have been marking the same E-mail as read over and over and over again. Not to mention the E-mail client having a mind of it's own as to when it would push my E-mails through.
This fix took me less than 5 mins and I was fortunate enough to not have any of the problems listed above.

Thanks again!
 
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i have been at best buy for the last 2 hours and now online for another hour plus. i have read all the posts i can find and can not seem to install activesync on my EVO. i was able to on my EVO shift. can someone please help me? i will be happy to pay you via paypal or in cash if you live in Miami area. thanks.

please direct this to the EVO page...
 
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Just realized this was a Fascinate forum. I had just done a general search under "hotmail".

Wife just got an Incredible. It is running 2.2. She insists on keeping her hotmail but setting it up through POP was frustrating because of the lack of sync between phone and mail account.

It won't be instant sync but once you set it up thru pop, go back into the incoming settings and change the setting about deleting the mail off the server.

Once you do that, any email you delete from your device should go away out of your inbox.
 
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Not sure if this has been covered already in another thread, but I wasn't able to find it, so thought I would go ahead and post (I believe this works on other android phones as well).

I did some searching and found a quick fix to the hotmail issue where emails deleted or read on the phone do not update the actual hotmail account when logging in on another computer, as well as the common issue where the phone does not sync emails regularly or consistently.

Apparently hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). All you need to do is:

Open your email app -> (Menu) Accounts -> (Menu) Add account -> enter email address and password & check "Send email from this account by default" -> Manual setup -> Exchange account -> use the following settings:

(Note: fields with be pre-populated, but you will need to modify to align with these settings)

Domain\Username: \myemailaddress@hotmail.com (or @live.com)
Password: **********
Server: m.hotmail.com
Make sure you check both "Use secure connection (SSL)" and "Accept all SSL certificates"

From there it's pretty straight-forward, just complete the remaining settings and you are good to go. You can then delete your old pop account, as you won't be needing it anymore. You may also need to update the shortcut to your email icon.

I have been using this for two days now and have tested several times while at my desktop. The sync has been dead on and is practially instantaneous (i.e. when I delete a message on my phone, it immediately deletes on the desktop as well, and vice versa).

If this is old news, please disregard :D

I know this post is old, but I have this exact issue and it's driving me NUTS! I am able to get to the exchange option, but when I put in the domain, username, password, and exchange server just as you have suggested, it tells me that it's unable to connect to the server. Are the username and domain supposed to be exactly the same as you have typed (i.e. our email address with with the slash in front)? That's how I did it, and it doesn't work. I also tried removing the "m." from hotmail for the exchange server to see if that worked, and still nothing. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.
 
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I know this post is old, but I have this exact issue and it's driving me NUTS! I am able to get to the exchange option, but when I put in the domain, username, password, and exchange server just as you have suggested, it tells me that it's unable to connect to the server. Are the username and domain supposed to be exactly the same as you have typed (i.e. our email address with with the slash in front)? That's how I did it, and it doesn't work. I also tried removing the "m." from hotmail for the exchange server to see if that worked, and still nothing. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.

The way I did it.

Domain: leave blank
Username: whatever@hotmail.com
Password: yeah exactly this
Exchange server: m.hotmail.com

See if these settings work.
 
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THANK YOU! It worked. Now, I hope it works in the sense of getting rid of this annoying issue. Appreciate your help!

No problem glad it worked. I know it didn't work for me on my fascinate on Eclair 2.1 because it would only allow 1 exchange account at a time and I had my work exchange account sync'd up first.

Now on froyo it works fine with 2 exchange accounts.
 
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The way I did it.

Domain: leave blank
Username: whatever@hotmail.com
Password: yeah exactly this
Exchange server: m.hotmail.com

See if these settings work.

Yeah, for some reason with the update to Froyo, the settings required to make this work changed. I've been meaning to update the thread with the new settings, but it seems you've got me covered :D Thanks!!
 
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